* NUMEROUS SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT. A HEIGHTENED FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL PERSIST WITH RAINFALL RATES COMMONLY APPROACHING 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. WHILE THE FOCUS FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT...LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST AREAS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE WILL REMAIN VERY ACTIVE WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

* LOCALES THAT WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE THOSE AROUND STEEP TERRAIN...URBAN DRAINAGES...AND AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TOFLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASHFLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

* A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE AND THIS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING WITH RAINFALL RATES COMMONLY APPROACHING 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.

* LOCALES THAT WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE THOSE AROUND STEEP TERRAIN...URBAN DRAINAGES...AND AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TOFLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASHFLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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